Table of Contents
Introducion; Chapter 1 Gleb Struve in ‘Slavonic and East European Review’ 1934, 436–44; Chapter 2 P.M. Bitsilli in ‘Sovremennye Zapiski’ 1936; Chapter 3 Vladislav Khodasevich, on Sirin, ‘Vozrozhdenie’ 1937; Chapter 4 Jean-Paul Sartre in ‘Europe’ 15 June 1939, 240–9; Part 1 ‘The Real Life of Sebastian Knight’ 1941; Chapter 5 P.M.J. in ‘New York Times Book Review’ 11 January 1942, 7, 14; Chapter 6 Iris Barry in ‘New York Herald Tribune Books’ 25 January 1942, 12; Chapter 7 Walter Allen in ‘Spectator’ 3 May 1946, 463–4; Part 2 ‘Bend Sinister’ 1941; Chapter 8 Richard Watts, JR, in ‘New Republic’ 7 July 1947, 26–7; Chapter 9 Nathan L. Rothman in ‘Saturday Review’ 2 August 1947, 33; Chapter 10 V.S. Naipaul in ‘New Statesman’ 26 March 1960, 461–2; Chapter 11 Malcolm Bradbury in ‘Punch’ 20 April 1960, 562; Chapter 12 Frank Kermode in ‘Encounter’ June 1960, 81–6; Part 3 ‘Lolita’ 1955; Chapter 13 John Hollander in ‘Part isan Review’ Autumn 1956, 557–60; Chapter 14 F.W. Dupee in ‘Anchor Review’ 1957, 1–3, 5–13; Chapter 15 Howard Nemerov in ‘Kenyon Review’ Spring 1957, 320–1; Chapter 16 Lionel Trilling in ‘Encounter’ October 1958; Chapter 17 Kingsley Amis in ‘Spectator’ 6 November 1959, 635–6; Chapter 18 Walter Allen in ‘New statesman’ 7 November 1959, 632; Part 4 ‘Pnin’ 1957; Chapter 19 Howard Nemerov in ‘Kenyon Review’ Spring 1957, 314; Chapter 20 Pamela Hansford Johnson in ‘New Statesman’ 21 September 1957, 361; Chapter 21 Kingsley Amis in ‘Spectator’ 27 September 1957, 403; Part 5 ‘Invitation to a Beheading’ 1959; Chapter 22 Paul Pickrel in ‘Harper’s Magazine’ November 1959, 104, 106; Chapter 23 John Wain in ‘New Republic’ 21 December 1959, 18–19; Chapter 24 Unsigned Review, ‘Times Literary Supplement’ 10 June 1960, 365; Chapter 25 Burns Singer in ‘Encounter’ January 1961, 77; Part 6 ‘Laughter in the Dark’ 1960; Chapter 26 Anthony Burgess in ‘Yorkshire Post’ 23 March 1961, 4; Chapter 27 Nicholas Blake in ‘Sunday Telegraph’ 2 April 1961, 7; Chapter 28 Unsigned Review, ‘Times Literary Supplement’ 7 April 1961, 218; Part 7 ‘Pale Fire’ 1960; Chapter 29 Mary Mccarthy in ‘New Republic’ 4 June 1962, 21–7; Chapter 30 Dwight MacDonald in ‘Part isan Review’ Summer 1962, 437–42; Chapter 31 George Steiner in ‘Reporter’ 7 July 1962, 42, 44–5; Chapter 32 Nigel Dennis in ’ Sunday Telegraph’ 11 November 1962, 6; Chapter 33 Anthony Burgess in ‘Yorkshire Post’ 15 November 1962, 4; Chapter 34 Frank Kermode in ‘New Statesman’ 9 November 1962, 671–2; Part 8 ‘The Gift’ 1963; Chapter 35 Stephen Spender in ‘New York Times Book Review’ 26 May 1963, 4–5; Chapter 36 Donald Davie in ‘Manchester Guardian’ 8 November 1963, 8; Chapter 37 Donald Malcolm in ‘New Yorker’ 25 April 1964, 198, 202–4; Part 9 ‘The Defence’ 1964; Chapter 38 John Updike in ‘New Republic’ 26 September 1964, 15–18; Chapter 39 Nigel Dennis in ‘New York Times Book Review’ 27 September 1964, 4; Chapter 40 Stuart Hampshire in ‘New Statesman’ 6 November 1964, 702–3; Chapter 41 Malcolm Bradbury in ‘Spectator’ 13 November 1964, 644; Chapter 42 Stephen Wall in ‘Listener’ 19 November 1964, 806; Chapter 43 P.N. Furbank in ‘Encounter January 1965, 84, 86; Part 10 ‘Eugene Onegin’ 1964; Chapter 44 Christopher Ricks in ‘New Statesman’ 25 December 1964, 995; Chapter 45 Ronald Hingley in ‘Spectator’ 1 January 1965, 19; Chapter 46 Robert Conquest in ‘Poetry’ June 1965, 236–8; Chapter 47 Edmund Wilson in ‘New York Review of Books’ 15 July 1965, 3–6; Chapter 48 Henry Gifford in ‘Times Literary Supplement’ 7 January 1977, 12; Chapter 49 Clive James in ‘New Statesman’ 8 July 1977, 54–5; Part 11 ‘The Eye’ 1965; Chapter 50 Stephen Koch in ‘Nation’ 17 January 1966, 81–2; Part 12 ‘Despair’ 1966; Chapter 51 Virgilia Peterson in ‘Reporter’ 2 June 1966, 42–4; Chapter 52 Unsigned Review, ‘Times Literary Supplement’ 28 July 1966, 655; Chapter 53 Ronald Hingley in ‘Spectator’ 29 July 1966, 152–3; Chapter 54 William Cooper in ‘Listener’ 11 August 1966, 213; Chapter 55 J. Mitchell Morse in ‘Hudson Review’ Autumn 1966, 513–14; Chapter 56 Quentin Anderson in ‘New Republic’ 4 June 1966, 23–8; Part 13 ‘King, Queen, Knave’ 1968; Chapter 57 Gillian Tindall in ‘New Statesman’ 4 October 1968, 435; Chapter 58 Denis Donoghue in ‘Listener’ 10 October 1968, 480; Part 14 ‘Ada’ 1969; Chapter 59 Alfred Kazin in ‘Saturday Review’ 10 May 1969, 28–30; Chapter 60 Mary Ellmann in ‘Yale Review’ October 1969, 118–19; Chapter 61 Carol Johnson in ‘Art International’ 1969, 42; Chapter 62 Matthew Hodgart in ‘New York Review of Books’ 22 May 1969, 3–4; Chapter 63 Robert Alter in ‘Commentary’ August 1969, 47–50; Chapter 64 Unsigned Review, ‘Times Literary Supplement’ 2 October 1969, 1121; Part 15 ‘Mary’ 1970; Chapter 65 Anita Van Vactor in ‘Listener’ 25 February 1971, 250; Chapter 66 David J. Gordon in ‘Yale Review’ March 1971, 428–9; Part 16 ‘Glory’ 1972; Chapter 67 Unsigned Review, ‘Times Literary Supplement’ 24 March 1972, 325; Chapter 68 Brigid Brophy in ‘Listener’ 27 April 1972, 552–3; Part 17 ‘Transparent Things’ 1972; Chapter 69 Simon Karlinsky in ‘ Saturday Review of the Arts’ January 1973, 45; Chapter 70 Jonathan Raban in ‘Encounter’ September 1973, 74–6; Chapter 71 Joyce Carol Oates, A Personal View of Nabokov, ‘Saturday Review of the Arts’ January 1973, 36–7; Part 18 ‘Look at the Harlequins!’ 1974; Chapter 72 Richard Poirier in ‘New York Times Book Review’ 13 October 1974, 2, 4; Chapter 73 Martin Amis in ‘New Statesman’ 25 April 1975, 555–6; Chapter 74 Unsigned Obituary, ‘The Times’ 5 July 1977, 16; Chapter 75 Martin Amis in ‘New Statesman’ 8 July 1977, 55–6;
